Adventures By Disney Short Escape - Part 1
Last weekend we experienced an Adventures By Disney vacation. After booking many ABD trips for clients over the years I knew it was time we experienced one first hand, and what better one to start with than the Disneyland Resort Short Escape! Included in this adventure was hotel accommodations at the Grand Californian, 4 day hopper tickets, visits to Walt Disney Studios and Disney Imagineering, a tour of Walt’s apartment, and a VIP day in both parks just to name a few :)
We took the earliest flight possible on our arrival day, and we landed in California by 10am! From the moment your plane touches down Adventures By Disney is taking care of you. Our driver was waiting for us in baggage claim, assisted us with our bags and then whisked us away to the Happiest Place on Earth!
When we walked into the Grand Californian our Adventure Guides were waiting in the lobby to greet us! We were given our room keys and park tickets, along with some general instructions for the evening ahead of us! Of course we were ready to hit the park before our Welcome Dinner that night, so we were elated to find out our guides had added two fastpasses each to our tickets!
We spent about 5 hours in the parks on our arrival day before our Adventure really began. It was a great start to the trip! We rode some fan favorites like Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy, Incredicoaster, and Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout!
That evening we met in the lobby of the Grand Californian at 5:00pm. We had a meet and greet with our fellow adventurers and guides before we set off to dinner. To my surprise our welcome dinner was at Cafe Orleans inside Disneyland Park! This was one of the included meals with this Adventure and we each ordered a starter, entree, and drink. I had the Pommes Frites and the Three Cheese Monte Cristo for my meal. After dinner we were surprised again with plates filled with Mickey Beignets! :)
The surprises and VIP treatment didn’t stop there. After dinner we were given another fastpass to experience Haunted Mansion Holiday! This is the ride I was the most excited about since we haven’t visited Disneyland during Halloween time, and it did not disappoint!!!! It was an entirely new ride, and I was so thankful we skipped the 80 minute standby line to experience it! So many fun surprises in the first day already yet we still had one more coming. After our ride on Haunted Mansion Holiday we met back up with our Adventures Guides to be escorted to our VIP seats where we would view Fantasmic!
We had a MAGICAL first day and little did I know the days would only get better as the Adventure continued!
I have so much information to share I thought it best to break the blog post up by days! You can read all about day 2 here. If you have any questions about our Adventure please email me, I’m happy to help and answer them all!
XOXO & Pixie Dust,
Ashton